Pillow-sham holder.



No. 648,477. Patentad May I, |900.

J. M. WILLIAMS.

PILLOW SHAM HOLDER. L

(Appliction led Aug. 3, 1899.)

(No Model.)

Unirse ESTATES" PATENT FFICLE. i

.IENNIE M. WILLIAMS, oF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PILLOW-"SHAM HOLDER. 'Y

SPECIFICATION forming para of Letters Patent No. 648,477, dated May 1, ieoo.

Application filed August 3,1899.

To all wiz/m it may concern.:

. Be it known that I, J ENNIE M. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, .residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pillow-Sham Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a light rigid support for pillow-shams, espe-` cially adaptable to metallic bedsteads, made adjustable to fit beds of different widths.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the pillow-sham holder. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the supporting-bracket and device for locking the sham-holder in an elevated position. Fig. 3 isa side view of the middle cross-bar of the sham-holder frame, a portion of the length of said bar beingbroken away. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the sup-` porting-bracket shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a transverse section th rough said bracket. Figs. y 6 and 7 are enlarged views of the outer ends of the two snpporting-brackets. Fig. Sis a longitudinal central section representing the device for locking the sham-holder in a'nelevated position. 4

Like letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts throughout the several views.

In the construction of this pillow-sham holder I provide end bars A and B, having p side bars A and B', rigidly secured to said end bars, constituting a rectangular framework, also providing the rods A2 and B2, extending inward from said end bars A and B, respectively. The Vsaid rods A2 and B2 lie within the sleeve A2 and are held in position therein by the clamps A4 at each end of said sleeve. The side bars A and B overlap, lying side by side in the eyes C of the middle crossbarO, and are held rigidly in said eyes by means of the screws C2, threaded in opposite ends of the said middle cross-bar C. This cross-bar also has an opening C3 for the reception of the sleeve A3.

D is a bracket intended to clamp one of the vertical bars of a bedstead, its outer end having a perforation 'D' to receive the rod B2. A coil-spring D2 surrounds said rod, lying to one side of the bracket D and holding said bracket, under the pressure ofthe spring, between the two collars D3 and D4. The collar D4 is provided with a radial lug D5 and Serial No. 726,611. (No model.)

the bracket with a corresponding'depression D6, the relative positions of 'which lug and depression are such that when the pillowsham holder is turned lupwardthelug enters the depression and holds the rectangular framework elevated. The opposite end `of the holder is pivotally supported upon the outer end of the bracket E,\said bracket being similar in its construction `to the bracket D, excepting that it is provided with a slotted openingE for the reception of the rod A2 instead ofthe perforationD.

In the application of this pillow-sham holder to a bedstead the brackets D and E. are

clamped to the vertical bars in the headboard of a metallic bedstead and the holder-frame;

work adjusted to thewidth of the bed. This adjustment is made by loosening the screws C2 and the screws of the clamps A4, which permits the framework of the holder to be adjusted in length as desired. Vhen the desired adjustment is obtained, the clamps A4 and the screws C2 are tightened, making the framework rigid. The rods A2 and B2 are of such length that in the narrowest beds their ends meet in the center of the sleeve A3, and when extended said ends are separated, lstill lying within the sleeve A3. When the holder is turned downward,- as during the daytime, its weight rests upon the pillows. When elevated, it is held in position by the engagement- 4 `of the lug D5, entering the depression DG, be-

ing held therein by the spring D2.

Pillow-shams are attached to the framework of the holder by means of tapes orin any other suitable and convenient manner. y

I claim as my invention i l. In a pillow-sham holder, in combination, arectangular framework comp-rising end bars and two-part overlapping side bars a middle cross-bar having openings near its opposite ends for the reception of said side bars, also having an opening intermediate its ends;

p means for clamping said side bars in said first- `Inen tioned openings; a rod extending inwardly from each of said end bars; a sleeve surrounding the inner ends of each of said rods, which sleeve extends through the lastmentioned opening in said middle cross-bar; clamps at the ends of said sleeve; and supporting-brackets having pivotal connections with said inwardly-extending rods.

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' areetangular framework comprising erndloarsl and two-part overlapping side bars ;y a middlev @rossi-bar having openingsV near. its lOppositew ends for the reception of said side bars, 'also having an oliiening;` intermediate itsl ends;4 y screws for clamping said sidebars in said first*- Amentioned Openings; a rod.extending' in-` wardly `from each of said lend bars gga` sleeve surrounding-Illeinnen endsv of each of said affrods, which-Sleeve extends lthrough 1:1'1e1-ast1# mentioned peningin said-middle cross-bar;` clampsgatv ih ei'endsef said sleeve; a support.

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ing-biaek'et;perforated tosurround one of said. inwardly-extending' rods', and having a depression nearl said perfration; a coil-spring on said rod.; a collar folj'holding the coil-spring againsty said bracket, which collar has a lug Vfer4 lengaging said depression; and a bracket receiving the ethexlinWardlyezyctending rod.

;. .IENNIE M. WILLIAMS.

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